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“School Counseling”

Counselors in schools can be a tremendous asset to teachers and administrators. They provide an important resource to enable students to de-escalate and get motivated. On today’s podcast we will be discussing how to maximize your experience with your school counselors to get great results as we try to alter education for teachers, administrators, parents and students.

This program introduces school counselor Joel Fink. Joel is a veteran public school teacher turned counselor after 13 years in the classroom. He has been a counselor for 23 years.

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Panel Members:
Kate Nitzken, Matt Nitzken, Joel Fink

Fast Break

1.  Dept of Ed requests Adjustment for college deadlines because of Hurricane Sandy. The panel discusses this information that was posted at the Department of Education. For more information: http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/education-secretary-urges-colleges-adjust-application-deadlines-students-impacte
2. Preparing Students for disasters – resources – The panel recommended teaching about emergency preparedness with tools available at the FEMA website. For more information: http://www.ready.gov/kids, http://www.fema.gov/
3. Encourage your students to be proactive with disasters at home. For more information: http://www.ready.gov/basic-disaster-supplies-kit
4. A college application game for students: The panel discussed how to prepare you student or child to prepare applications for college: For more information: http://www.educationnews.org/technology/admissions-game-helps-students-navigate-college-apps/
5. Counseling for a really long time: The panel congratulated this guidance counselor for his many years in service of counseling at his high school. For more information: http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/at-einstein-high-guidance-counselor-joseph-monte-has-been-a-teen-angel-for-almost-50-years/2012/10/29/1ec7ab50-fe96-11e1-8adc-499661afe377_story.html

Making the grade

1. The panel discusses what school counselors can do and what they are supposed to do. Joel helps us to understand some of the responsibilities of School Guidance Counselors. For more information: http://www.schoolcounselor.org/content.asp?contentid=240
2. The panel discussed the Best Job listing for School Guidance Counselors ranked in the top 20 of careers. They also discussed the work of guidance counselors changing in the future? For more information: http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/school-counselor, http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-10-04/news/34264468_1_guidance-controller-john-liu-graduation
3. The panel discussed the latest ideas for using technology with Guidance Counseling.  For more information: http://www.schoolcounselor.com/pdf/counseling-technology-activities.pdf
4. The panel discussed how counselors can help with crisis situations like what schools in New England are dealing with after Hurricane Sandy? Some good resources: http://www.schoolcounselor.org/content.asp?contentid=672

Final Thoughts

• Joel recommended a good resource for New Vision for School Counselors. For more information: http://www.edtrust.org/dc/tsc/vision, http://www.schcounselor.com/2010/05/5-ways-counselors-support-teachers-and.html
• Matt suggested becoming part of the school counselors chatboard. For more information: http://teachers.net/mentors/counseling/posts.html
• Kate recommended a website that had new quotes to use in your counseling office: Check out this resource compiled by Marissa Rex at her Elementary School Counseling.org http://www.elementaryschoolcounseling.org/uploads/1/3/8/5/1385140/inspirational_quotes.pdf\

Questions, comments, or suggestions for the show? Contact us at alteringeducation.com or email us at alteringeducation [at] gmail [dot] com!

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